DISH loses 7 Turner Network Channels

[lllkrob]

Dish Network and Turner Broadcasting couldn't come to terms on a new contract.

Dish loses 7 channels in contract dispute with Turner Broadcasting - CNET

[450Donn]

Marketing ploy to negotiate a new contract. Both sat providers to this about once a year. They will be back in less than a week.

[SteveLevin]

yeah, usually, the channels don't get taken down but rather get extended on a day by day basis... which lends some credence to Dish's claim that Turner is playing hardball.

Steve

[lllkrob]

Originally Posted by SteveLevin

yeah, usually, the channels don't get taken down but rather get extended on a day by day basis... which lends some credence to Dish's claim that Turner is playing hardball.

Steve

Read the attached article. It says Turner pulled the plug on DISH Network on Sunday night.

[Fred and Bonnie]

Only thing I miss is CNN, the rest can call off the air waves for all I care.

I just wish Ala carte packages were available.

Fred

[Selah]

Too bad they couldn't lose about 30 info-mercial channels, 9 or 10 religious channels and at least a couple of dozen shopping channels.

[FreshAir]

They better not mess with the "Westerns," on EWSTN.

[Route 66]

This is Charlie Ergen's standard bargaining tactic and it seems Dish temporarily loses channels more frequently than DirecTV.

He's also a professional gambler with a net worth of $17 Billion. He's good at what he does.

[az99]

Get rid of these 7 and 100 more worthless channels and reduce our bill.

[Cooperhawk]

I just checked and they are still on the air.